A big, warm welcome to our newest members Lisa Boote, Laura Thomas, Cocoa Noel Kosta, Ginger Bethe, Stacy Pinney and Karla Bunnell.
Carolyn Harris
While enjoying pickleball with the Sunriver Pickleball Club this summer, Carolyn met some women who left the courts early to volunteer at the Art Fair, and thought, “that sounds fun!”
She learned more about the SRWC at our Welcome Event in September and is already looking forward to her second meeting with her new book club.
An avid reader across many genres, she reads one or two books a week. Carolyn and her husband Craig are part-time area residents who tour frequently in their motorhome to visit their three children in Portland and extended family in Nevada and California.
Although they’ve owned their cabin in Three Rivers since 2011 and love to bike and hike in Central Oregon, they also travel to check out warmer locales, including Arizona and Mexico. Carolyn is currently on the road, but she is looking forward to joining club activities when she returns in January.
Jolynne Ash
Snowshoeing, hiking and Central Oregon’s outdoor lifestyle generally attracted Jolynne and her husband to this area.
She retired this year after a 31-year career as a realtor in Lake Oswego and has been here full-time since July.
Having friends who also retired here has jump-started her community connections, but she looks forward very much to meeting new friends through Mid Soles, Winter Fun, Loose Cannons and the holiday party.
As she builds new routines in retirement, she is thrilled to add her new book club and volunteer opportunities such as the Art Fair. When not in the Sunriver area, she is often in Vancouver, Wash., visiting her two daughters and young grandchild.
Leslie Poirier
While raising her six children and working in medical transcription in Indiana for many years, Leslie periodically visited her two sisters in Oregon and fell in love with the trees in Sunriver.
Now retired and with their kids and grandkids in Rhode Island, Kentucky, Indiana, Kansas, and Texas, Leslie and her husband Chris settled in Sunriver. They have been impressed by both the welcome they’ve received since they arrived in April 2021, and the variety of activities here.
She walks, hikes, bikes and plays pickleball and tennis. She also loves the tile game Mexican Train Dominoes and has already connected with two groups that play in our area.
Volunteering is also a special interest of hers; this summer she was a booth sitter at the Art Fair before she even joined the SRWC, and she enjoyed ushering at the Sunriver Music Festival.
Sue Rimkeit
Sue has been skiing at Mt Bachelor since 1966, when a season pass was $99 and the route to the mountain from Sunriver was a gravel road.
She recalls that once, during one of her 10 summers spent sailing with her late husband
from the San Juans to Alaska, she ran into Jack Jarvis and his wife Connie. Jack had laid out the original circles of Sunriver.
Her “bunkhouse” on Solar Drive just south of Sunriver is her part-time home for downhill skiing in winter, e-biking and paddling in summer as well as walks with her standard schnauzer year-round.
After growing up in Salem, she moved to Portland to attend Lewis and Clark, then stayed for her career as a teacher and for its proximity to Mt Hood. Her primary residence remains in Portland, where she is a member of three ski clubs and the Multnomah Athletic Club, where she plays tennis.
Jennifer Colestock
Common reasons for moving to Sunriver are to be close to family, to accept a job or to live where we like to recreate; Jennifer and her husband James came this year for all those reasons.
As a Spanish teacher of middle and high schoolers through a Colorado-based online program, she realized during the pandemic that she could work from Sunriver, where she loves hiking and trail running, and where her husband has family.
When not teaching online or through her local Tres Ríos Spanish School, she’s often walking with her terrier puppy, hiking Ann’s Butte from her backyard, practicing yoga or savoring good food and coffee.
Books and movies across many genres are a favorite pastime, including even “the occasional cheesy romance novel.” As an online professional, Jennifer is
excited about the opportunity for in-person activities of all kinds through the SRWC.
